Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Book of Nahum" in English language version.
The historical setting of the work of Nahum as a prophet is the fifty-year period between 663 and 612 BCE. These dates are fixed by reference to the fall of Thebes in 663 BCE, which is described as an event in the past (3:8), and by the fact that Nineveh was destroyed in 612 BC. Even with this relatively narrow window of time, however, the quest to recover the historical setting that produced the book of Nahum has produced at least six options: Soon after the fall of Thebes to Ashurbanipal in 663 BCE; Around the time of Ashurbanipal's death (ca. 630 BCE); Just before the fall of Nineveh in 612 BCE; Shortly after the fall of Assyria; After the fall of Assyria in the exilic and/or postexilic period; The Maccabean period (ca. 175-165 BCE)
